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    Aircraft off the runway at Leeds Bradford

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-67174117 737-8, G-TAWD. Presumably related to the storm conditions. There are more pictures on the onwards links, indicating landing gear extended but partially buried in the earth and possibly damaged, so the engines are nearly or actually scraping...
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    Will some services start running Tuesday to Thursday only (e.g. MFSX) due to changed commuting patterns?

    With the reduction in commuting apparently being most severe on Monday and Fridays, do we expect that some trains will start to be run on Tuesdays to Thursdays only? Are there any such already operating? (I assume not, hence this is posted in Speculative)
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    The 2022 French Elections discussion.

    mods note. Split from here. Better co-operation with France as we had before Brexit would reduce the migrant issues too, assuming Le Pen isn't elected.
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    How to solve capacity issues between Marsden and Huddersfield?

    The capacity issue between Marsden and Huddersfield is similar to that between Ravensthorpe and Leeds after completion of the four-tracking from Huddersfield. The 8TPH of fasts doesn't have to be regular, it can include a couple of longer gaps for a stopper in between. Assuming electrification...
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    The public want more restrictions, not less

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/when-will-it-all-go-wrong-for-the-tories-johnson.219414/ Some contributors to this thread would do well to remember that public opinion is very much not line with their views on Covid restrictions. The public wants more of them...
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    How could Northern cover for the temporarily withdrawn 195s and 331s?

    Are there any surplus 323s at WMT that can transfer to Northern in the short term, as they are planned to do eventually anyway? I realise the bulk of the transfers are awaiting another CAF product that may be similarly affected, but wondered if they had any spare due to pandemic service reductions.
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    East-West Rail (EWR): should it be electrified?

    Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-west-rail-ewr-progress-and-updates-not-speculation.99892 Perhaps there's an opportunity here to tell freight operators they can only use EWR with electric haulage. Making that condition appears to be impossible on existing...
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    Observing tail lamps

    I've always understood that if a signaller working Absolute Block brings a train to a halt before its tail passes the box, they must observe the tail lamp or have confirmation from someone else that the train is complete before giving "out of section". However I've seen a suggestion on another...
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    Colourblindness and engineering drawings

    This colour coding tends to be used more widely for development of new works not just commissioning and not just signaling either, though I believe track engineers use blue for track that moves a bit but not enough for separate red and green to be distinguishable. I don't do plans myself but in...
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    Losing place in old topics

    I've noticed in the last few weeks that when I look at a topic I haven't looked at for a couple of months (at a guess) it takes me back to the very first post. I'm pretty sure before that it either remembered indefinitely where I last looked or just displayed posts from the last week or so...
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    Is the Government's contact tracing system effective and worthwhile?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/has-boris-and-the-government-done-a-good-job-of-handling-the-pandemic.205603/ Several posters on here are ignoring the existence of a different approach, getting the numbers down low enough that a properly-organized track and trace...
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    My suggestion for Season tickets to not be sold for travel on HS2

    It's likely that decarbonization of the economy will involve some shift from road to rail. Because road travel is so dominant, even a small shift will greatly increase rail passenger numbers very significantly, and there isn't the capacity in most existing routes to handle this. In my view...
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    Effect on Engineering Work

    When train services first started to reduce, this was looking like an opportunity to get some work done on the network. But now construction companies are (rightly) closing down non-critical activity, work is likely to be stopped on most enhancement projects. This obviously applies across the...
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    Insulated joints at Aldgate East

    Noted about half way along the eastbound platform today. Two new-looking insulated joints, about 3m apart in only one running rail. Cables are attached to the rails either side, leading to a large disconnection box on the platform wall, with a sign noting the end of a track circuit. But...
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    Suggestions for how a T&W Metro route could serve Washington

    From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/is-rail-always-the-answer.180726/#post-3951725 Interesting thoughts. Going only by mapping sites, it looks like there would be plenty of room for a Metro line alongside the Leamside from about where an extended South Hylton route would re-join up to...
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    Chris Davies MP - Forgery charges

    Another MP on charges. What's the typical penalty on conviction for this type of offence and are we looking at another "recall" situation? I gather he's one of the European Research Group lot. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47320171
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    Virgin Trains USA

    https://eu.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/all-aboard-florida/2018/11/16/brightline-become-virgin-trains-usa/2023779002/ Similar sort of arrangement to what has happened with Stagecoach?
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    ATP-preventable accidents

    From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/125mph-with-3-aspect-colour-light-signalling.166778/page-2#post-3538458 Going by the list on Wikipedia, the last one I can see is Colwich in 1986 when the speed of approach and short overrun might have been too much for a TPWS installation (although...
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    Future Bristol Temple Meads developments

    From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/great-western-electrification-progress.83452/page-244#post-3528948 The problem there is that even that small amount of eletrification would trigger the signalling immunisation mentioned, because the return currents find their way into nearby tracks as...
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    Electric cars

    From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/battery-electric-trains-or-hydrogen-trains.161526/page-2#post-3435269 In a hybrid the wheels are driven by electric motors so there's no need for a changeable gearbox. If someone produced one with a gear lever then it would be no more than a software...

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